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  1. NatJ

    How would i integrate one pullet with 3 new ones?

    If the three new pullets already know each other, there is a chance of them bullying the pullet you already had. One the other hand, if she is in her familiar coop and they are the newcomers, she might bully them. Or those factors could balance each other out. Or they could be young enough and...
  2. NatJ

    Silkie chick color identification help needed

    I am not very good at recognizing Silkie colors. All the fluff messes me up :) The first question there would be, are you trying to produce standard colors of Silkies? If so, most colors work best if you only breed them with their own color. A specific few mix well, for example...
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    Silkie chick color identification help needed

    I would say Dominant White is the more versatile one. Recessive white just makes white over the whole chicken. It does not matter what other color genes the chicken has, two copies of the recessive white gene will turn it completely white. Dominant white turns black into white. For a chicken...
  4. NatJ

    Cockerels? Blue laced or splash?

    I think they are both males, judging by how large and brightly-colored the comb and wattles are. I think the lacing on both of them is probably splash, but they could have a very light blue instead. For how to tell: by looking, by asking someone else (like you did here), sometimes by knowing...
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    Sexing guess at 2 weeks

    They're growing nicely! One definitely has a single comb, but I'm not quite sure about the other one. Barnevelders would definitely have single combs. Any other kind of comb would be a pretty good sign that they are NOT pure Barnevelders. Easter Eggers might also have single combs, so a single...
  6. NatJ

    My Crocus-Fowl Landrace project moving forward

    I'm glad your hand is fine! That is very frustrating, when it's late at night and most ways of handing the emotions are just unavailable. I don't know. There are good points about getting attached to them, but I agree it makes it hard when they have to go.
  7. NatJ

    Trouble Sexing Chicks

    That is what I was thinking, too. The barred chick is why I originally wondered about the possibility of sexlinks. But based on the pictures, I can't be sure whether the rooster has barring or not (I'm leaning toward not, but given the amount of white on him, I am really not sure of that.) And...
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    My Crocus-Fowl Landrace project moving forward

    I hope that means you thought better of the idea, but I'm worried that you may have punched the wall and now have an injured hand! When I get mentally stuck on things, it helps if I find something else where I can make visible progress, especially if it's physically tiring. It helps even more...
  9. NatJ

    Trouble Sexing Chicks

    Pretty rooster! I don't think his rooster's color will let us be sure of the sex of any of the chicks. It's handy when chicks do happen to be sexlinks, but of course non-sexlinks are more common.
  10. NatJ

    17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    That is what I assumed, too. I'm also on that list, despite not having any eggs involved. But I did post somewhere in this thread.
  11. NatJ

    OEGB Fawn Silver Duckwing X Black, BB Red

    I think the most likely colors would be black (about half of chicks) and solid fawn (the other half of the chicks.) There are other possibilities, depending on what other color genes the hens may be carrying, but I do not have any good way to predict those. All of the chicks have a chance of...
  12. NatJ

    Looking to buy Silverudd Blues/Isbars and Americaunas from in CT

    It is not a good idea to list your age on a public forum. There should be an "edit" button at the bottom of your post, so you can go change it. The button usually disappears about 24 hours after you made the post.
  13. NatJ

    Roo got attacked in coop, bleeding, help!

    I'm glad to hear he's doing so well!
  14. NatJ

    How to portion when processing?

    You can portion it at any point. You could also do some each way, to help you decide which way you prefer for the future. Some people freeze the meat, then thaw each package a few days before they intend to cook it, and let it sit in the fridge until the rigor mortis passes. If you cut the...
  15. NatJ

    Sourdough Hens

    I have found a page stating that both Mh (Mahogany) and Di were found in some Buff Minorcas https://kippenjungle.nl/chickengenetics/mutations1.html Di and ig are two different genes that dilute gold to a cream/lemon color. I do not know if they react differently to Mahogany. The chicken...
  16. NatJ

    Roo got attacked in coop, bleeding, help!

    Glad to hear he's doing well! I have no actual experience here, but that would be my guess.
  17. NatJ

    Longterm Crossbreeding Project of Brahma, Polish, Silkie, Ayam Cemani, Araucana and Malay

    Definitely a puzzle. For now, the only thing I can think of is to see if things become clearer as the chick grows. And later, consider test-mating. Silver is sex-linked, the various dilutions of gold are not. The easiest test mating would be if the maybe-silver one turns out to be female...
  18. NatJ

    Breeding barbu de watermael

    :lau Barbu (bearded) chicken, de (from) Watermael (a place in Belgium) Similar to Barbu d'Anvers, which is a bearded chicken from Anvers (but often called d'Anvers, leaving off the "Barbu")
  19. NatJ

    Longterm Crossbreeding Project of Brahma, Polish, Silkie, Ayam Cemani, Araucana and Malay

    Huh. Yes, I guess either you are incredibly likely with the genetic odds, or else it really is not silver on the current puzzling chick: it could possible be a light shade of "gold." For the 6 chicks with the Partridge Silkie, you say no leakage or brown leakage. How many each way? The ones...
  20. NatJ

    Temp./Humid. Ranges for specific breeds

    :thumbsup Definitely true!
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